Improvement in clips for buggy-springs



R A. CLL-ARK.

Buggy Spring.

N0112',549. 4 Patented Mar0h14,1871.

"Witnesses: A Inventor tintin @time To all whom it may condemn-f llowing is a full 4and `exact descriptionof the same', ref ereuce` being`hadilto lthe.aocoin 'pa-nying `drawing and to thelett'ers of`referencepnia'kedithereon. This invention .consists-o taching springs:tothe axl ,Inwthedi'awing-f i Y liignre 1 representsasectionalsideelevanonj; f, Figurefa s ection'aleud.elevation;:and f -ul'iiguremyimproved clipiwheu attachedlto the `springend.axle.` Y I y n 'lhe partmarked A is to l e attaohed-tO the` axleor i other partito which thesprin'gfs tobe applied. It'is constrnctedlto bestrjide the axle, and`maybe secured `inniysuitable lmanner. i i i i 'lhe upper part is madefindovetail-forrn, as` shown i `at a; f It `may be swaged out or forged,or constructed Vin any suitablernanner. l

,-In `the top oftthis `recessisla space to-receve a i Npackingb, whichmay t overa lug, b', it necessary. "This packing, which may be of"leather, rubber,f or "any snit-able material, isiet' Width exactly'tofill-the lspace between the sides c c, and of .length to-permt quite upto the anges 01 c'.- -Dne endet the packing i isrepresented-in `thefigureas turned up inlplace; "The'part Bis also providedwithprqe'ctions, d d', y "ofthesameividth as the mainbody of the clip, and i.long enough to cover, when turneduup, th'e endof the `open reeessin`the part I The part B is forged or swaged with the flanges cl d" Initthe movement of the parts, as the spring extends and contracts inlengtlrunderithe irregular compres-j sion towhich it is ordinarilysubjected. l The relative length will depend uponthe spring, and may bedeterf minedby experirhent. f

thereto lby@ .projectingtonguesirith yoke and nuts, or

Thepart B is inadewith-.a-recess of form` corre-n .pthe ,ends-toteturned npuntil theextremeend comes'` extended. The part B must be longerthan A, to per- 1 ARronARnaAqdL nungen UNA'DLLA, NEW .ironic 3viiivnnlovsivnNT `IN' lci.l Ps Fon eueev-sPRINGs.

i Theischedulejreferred tfn these `Letters Patent' and maldng pari: ofthe sanne.

a Onthe topof. the part B, .which maybe slightlyi Beitknownthat'LBiroIrARnA. CLARK, of Unadilla,`in ,the county ofjOtsegoandStatcof New York, have invented-.a.newuseti1l,.and improved Clip' 'forBuggy-Springs; `andi I do hereby :declare that theffol- When the partfBhas been formed, either struck out in a die or forged, with its flangesat 'the ends projecting horizontally, the packing is first put in place.

Then over it isI placed a fiiction-plate`,1g, which may an improved-clipfor aftf A.lof bnggies or theiucar-V 1-iages, the peculiar natureofrrwhich clip will. he h erebe securely riveted, ifuecessary, to thepart B, through counter-sunk holes. When the friction-plate is in placethe part A is slipped in its proper position, the ends of the packingturned up, and theendsv of the metal struck up to cover `the packing andlloldi-he part A p securely in place, while at the Vsame time it hasfree longitudinal inovemen'tto a limited extent.

The, packing atV the ends 'forms a cushion,v against which the part Amay strike. as it moves back and forth.

It will'be understood thatthe'spring used with this clip willbe,ordinarily, the single'half-elliptical spring, (asimple curvedbow-spring,) placed` concave down, the

' ends res-tinglin these clips and the body of the buggy restingon the.upper centr/al part of the spring; and

it `makes alpracticable and exceedingly light, 'noiseless constructionof spring-buggy. I

` Having thus fullydescribed myinvention,

What l claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Batent ofthe UnitedStates, is" 1. An improved clip,'formed.of the .parts A and B,constructed andadapted. toeach other, iu the manner described. v p 2.The packing and friction-plate, in combination with A and B, asdescribed. p

3. The packing, when turned up to cover the part A, as set forth.

4.. The improved clip, when all the parts are constructed and arrangedand operate inthe manner described. i v A 'y l This Specification signedand witnessed this 1st day of J uly, 1870; .i

l RICHARD' A. CLARK.

`VVitnesses':

G. W. SGHULTZ, Bour. Swan.

